Chapter 2:

Lena found out, she would be in terrible danger! Among all the women who vainly hoped to get into Ethan's bed, none of them had a good ending... Lena was introduced to the company by her. Not only would Lena be finished, but Aria and even the whole Smith family would be implicated!

"You've utterly messed up!" Aria quickly moved far away from Lena, afraid of getting tangled up in the mess. Seeing Aria reacting like that, Lena's eyes became redder. Feeling a bit aggrieved, she explained,

"I drank on his behalf several times last night, and then... things got a little out of control..."Aria fell silent.

Ethan Walker was a man admired by the women in the entire company and Lenora City.

However, he was someone who could only be admired from afar and not be trifled with!

Lena actually dared to harbor such thoughts and even made moves on him!

"You've been by his side for three years. Don't you know that he's untouchable?

"Even if you have feelings for him, couldn't you at least consider my family's wellbeing above your own?"Angrily chastising Lena, Aria just watched as Lena hung her head in guilt. She eventually lowered her voice,

"So, what do you plan to do?"

"... I don't know..." Lena sniffed. "He... He gave me one day to locate the owner of the pendant."

"Locate the owner? What do you mean? Doesn't he know you were the one who slept with him?" Aria's simmering eyes sparkled with curiosity.

"He doesn't."The tension in the air instantly eased up a great deal.

Aria heaved a breath of relief, bent down, and whispered something to Lena. With that, they headed for the surveillance room.

After coming out of the surveillance room, Lena plucked up her courage to look for Ethan.

"Mr. Walker, I've found them!"

Ethan, who was sitting on the sofa, cast her a cold glance.

"You've found them?"

Lena, who had been standing straight the whole time, shuddered unexpectedly. Cold sweat broke out on her back, and yet, she strived to appear as calm as usual.

"We checked the surveillance recordings. No one went into your hotel room after I escorted you back. It appears that the item was left by the previous guest."

The atmosphere instantly became eerily silent.

Suddenly, Ethan got up and approached Lena, his voice intense as he sneered, "Are you saying that the hotel's housekeeping staff failed to do their job properly?"“I can assure you that... no one entered the room!" Lena declared with feigned calmness.

Her tone was unequivocally confident, without a trace of cowardice.

The room was so silent that one could probably hear a needle drop to the floor. Lena stood absolutely straight, but inside, she was on the verge of panic.

Every minute and second that passed by was a torment.

Despite that, she must hold on.

She did not want to ruin her future or implicate Aria. After some time, Lena's back was soaked with sweat as the two held their silence.

Finally, Ethan broke the silence.

"Okay, l understand. Pack your things and prepare to go on a business trip with me tomorrow."

Lena closed her eyes and exhaled greatly. "Sure, Mr. Walker!"The following month...

Things were relatively peaceful during the business trip.

Other than necessary work, Lena intentionally avoided Ethan, and they did not talk much. The matter concerning the black swan pendant was never brought up again.

After returning to Lenora City, as before, Lena took two days off.

"Finally, a break! I'm going to lie dead in my dormitory for two days and not come out!" Lena said leisurely.

Aria opened the chocolate that Lena had brought back and popped one into her mouth,

"What happened to that pendant?"

Hearing Aria suddenly bring up the issue about the pendant, Lena shot a panicked look towards the room next to hers.

The dormitory had four bedrooms and a living room.

Apart from the two, they had two other roommates.

As they worked in different departments, they rarely met each other, but it was inevitable that walls had ears.

Aria said, "Don't worry, they're not here!"

Lena breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that.

"Let's just leave the matter be."

Recalling the grim expression on Ethan's face that day, Lena continued, "Maybe Mr. Walker doesn't like women staying overnight in his room."

So, after she insisted nobody had entered the room, he did not press on further.

Perhaps he was just confirming things, and in fact, did not actually care about the matter.

At that thought, Lena completely relaxed. "Alright, I should go back to my room and get rid of my jet lag."However, things began to derail for Lena after that.

She had not been sleeping for long when her phone beeped with message alerts.

She frowned and clicked it open.

It was a message from her younger brother asking for living expenses.With a long sigh, she helplessly got out of bed to wash up, changed her clothes, and prepared to go out.

"Weren't you trying to get rid of your jet lag? Why are you going out again?"

"I need to go to the bank."

Upon hearing the word "bank", Aria sensed something amiss and said with sympathy, "Your younger brother knows no better.

He's treating you, his sister whom he isn't even related to by blood, as an ATM... He's all grown up and even working as an intern but still dares to always ask for help..."

Lena had already picked up her bag and walked to the entrance.

As she changed into her shoes, she responded, "He says he can't find a suitable job for him." She did not want to constantly be the one helping him, but what could she do? She could not just ignore him and leave him to his own devices.

"Your mother didn't give a single penny for your tuition, and now, she allows your brother to rely on you for money." Aria became more furious as she continued,

"He's a grown man, who's been interning for three months, yet he still can't land a job. He's just too ambitious and idealistic!""Let's forget it. No more talking about him."

Lena did not want to delve any deeper into the topic. The more they discussed it, the more disappointed she felt in him.

She departed from her dormitory.

The city was bathed in splendid sunlight, but Lena felt not the slightest warmth. It seemed as though ever since her grandma passed away, she had never experienced happiness.

Much of life was beyond one's control, and everything was left to fate. However, her fate seemed truly unfavorable.

The fortune teller even mentioned that her good luck was yet to come.

Lena curled her lips with mockery.

Suddenly, an urgent vibration emanated from inside her bag.

Lena took out her phone for a glance. Seeing that it was a call from her brother, Derek, she rejected the call in irritation.

Yet as soon as she did so, the phone started ringing again.

Lena, at her wits' end, yelled into the phone, "What else can you do besides nagging me? You're a grown man—"

Before she could finish, a chilling voice came through from the other end of the line.

"Return to the office immediately!"